Operation Vulture by John Prados
Here is the shocking and true story of "Operation Vulture," a plan designed by President Eisenhower and his top advisors that came within a hairsbreadth of implementation. It was designed to aid the French who were losing a crucial battle at Dien Bien Phu in their long and frustrating war with the Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina. Operation Vulture provided for major U.S. involvement in Vietnam a decade earlier than it acually happened-specifically through heavy bombing missions up to and including the use of atomic bombs, large-scale commitment of ground troops, and probable war with the People's Republic of China. Using de-classified government documents, John Prados recreates a series of frantic meetings and confrontations among the most famous cold-warriors. Prados shows precisely how immediate U.S. intervention was narrowly averted-to the astonishment of the French-but proves that the formulation of "Vulture" led our government to take unprecedented steps that led inexorably to the United States' own Vietnam War.
"[Prados] offers provocative and realistic insights into some of the Vietnam War's most controversial events"-Intelligence and National Security review of The Hidden History of the Vietnam War; "Prados does deliver the most comprehensive treatment yet of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and its place in the war."-Washington Post review of The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743444903 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743444906 |
| Titel | Operation Vulture |
| Autor | John Prados |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Simon & Schuster |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-08-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 256 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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